as in memoir
a history of a person's life
an unauthorized biography of the actor gave him some serious headaches
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Recent Examples of biography
Once Upon a Time, the biography of the couple by Elizabeth Beller that inspired the show, says that Princess Diana’s death affected Carolyn immensely.
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Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 26 Mar. 2026
The six book shortlist for this year’s Women’s Prize For Non-Fiction has been announced, an impressive collection that includes memoir, contemporary politics, biography, writing on health and science, and more.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
In trickles, Thomas fills out his biography.
—Hannah Gold, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Licence will present his work at a conference at the University of Oxford on Tuesday, March 24, and the research will also feature in a forthcoming biography of King Harold written by Licence.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 23 Mar. 2026
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Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 26 Mar. 2026
The six book shortlist for this year’s Women’s Prize For Non-Fiction has been announced, an impressive collection that includes memoir, contemporary politics, biography, writing on health and science, and more.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
In trickles, Thomas fills out his biography.
—Hannah Gold, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Licence will present his work at a conference at the University of Oxford on Tuesday, March 24, and the research will also feature in a forthcoming biography of King Harold written by Licence.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 23 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for biography
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Look out for talks by Sarah Wynn-Williams on her bestselling memoir lifting the lid on her time at Facebook; Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall discussing his campaign to get people to eat more fibre; and Anthony Horowitz talking about his latest gripping thriller with author Joe Haddow.—
Irenie Forshaw,
TheWeek,
26 Mar. 2026
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In her memoir, Steinem delves into a childhood spent cycling through books, going on road trips with her traveling salesman father, and caring for her journalist mother amid ongoing mental health struggles.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
25 Mar. 2026
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His father was a shopkeeper, and the family was not wealthy, Ghalibaf wrote in a lengthy autobiography on his official website.—
Babak Dehghanpisheh,
NBC news,
27 Mar. 2026
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When women came to write spiritual texts—autobiographies, meditations, letters—their own bodies provided an imagery to describe the contours of their belief.—
Chandler Fritz,
The New York Review of Books,
21 Mar. 2026
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